Pushkin.

It's hard to read the news these days without asking yourself, how did we get here?

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Hello, deep background listeners. Noah Feldman here. I've recently started making regular appearances on Axios today,

the Daily News podcast from Axios. I always have great conversations with host Nailabudu,

and I hope I'm able to shed light on the legal

issues that are making headlines. Here's my latest interview on Axios today. If you like

getting smarter, faster, you can subscribe or listen wherever you get your podcasts. I've made it a daily

habit, and I hope you will too. At 1 p.m. Eastern time today, members of Congress will meet in a joint session to officially count electoral votes for the presidential election.

Vice President Mike Pence will open the electoral vote certificates to be read aloud, which fulfills his constitutional role as president of the Senate.

This happens every four years after every presidential election, but it's getting much more attention this year

because of the dozens of senators and House Republicans planning to object to the electoral

results from battleground states like Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Georgia.

Noah Feldman is a constitutional law professor at Harvard and our resident legal expert

for Axios today.

Noah, can we have a free mini constitutional law class with you for a second here?

Anytime.

Can you explain the 12th Amendment and what it says about what's supposed to happen today?

What's supposed to happen is that all of the states have chosen electors. They've each only chosen

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